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Today is National Day of Action against Bullying and Violence. It’s a day of unity and strength as Australian schools stand together to say there will be no tolerance for bullying, and to imagine a place where bullying is no longer an issue. This stance comes from even the highest point of our government. The Prime Minister said when announcing extra funding to schools in regards to bullying: “Bullying and…

Harry Potter fans have been given their first glimpse of Jude Law playing Dumbledore in the trailer for Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald. The trailer opens with an enchanting shot of Hogwarts (yes friends, HOGWARTS). We then see a mysterious, anticipation-building shot of the back of Jude Law’s head. The trailer then cuts to a shot of Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) before shifting back to Dumbledore (Jude Law). Dumbledore…

Another month, another set of spicy memes to get us through life. Where did the time go? In just 28 days we had the Winter Olympics, gun law debates in America, celebrity breakdowns and more – and what better way to engage with current affairs than a collection of dank memes to supply us with some quality laughs and giggles? Without further ado, here are the top memes of February…

Vance Joy has finally released his second studio album, Nation of Two, following his 2014 debut featuring ‘Riptide’, which led him to the top of the Hottest 100. Dream Your Life Away gave us a taste of Vance Joy’s sweet, honest acoustic style. Nation of Two builds more on what we know and, true to its name, sounds like a conversation between two people, like you’re the one these songs were…

The revelation that Malcolm ‘Harbour-side Mansion’ Turnbull secretly donated a whopping $1.75 million (the largest donation in Australian political history) toward the Liberal party’s 2016 federal election campaign has posed the question of the true value of a prime ministership. Labour has accused Turnbull of “buying” the election, to which he responded, “I put my money where my mouth is.” Politics is all about trade-offs and budgeting, so we’ve compiled a list…

Most of us start off the new year with fresh new year’s resolutions that’ll keep us motivated for about a week leading us to a perpetual failure that we will never recover from. At least we have memes to brighten up our days! January 2018 has supplied us with some stellar memes which will most likely be some of the best of the year. With allusions to Knuckles the Echidna showing us…

The world has (finally) had its first glimpse of the next Star Wars spin-off, Solo: a Star Wars story after a teaser trailer dropped during the Super Bowl. Whilst the teaser doesn’t give much away in terms of what the story will actually be about, it does reveal some of the key characters in the film, and what appears to be a few key action sequences. Included are shots of…

Just in case we were getting blasé about the housing affordability crisis in Australia, an international survey by Demographia has reminded us that we’re still being smashed by Sydney’s prices (avo reference intended). The survey analysed middle-incoming housing affordability in Australia, China, Canada, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. The median house price of each city studied was divided by the median household…

Despite only commencing two weeks ago, the Overwatch League has already dished out its first suspension to a professional player who insulted a gay rival live on stream. Dallas Fuel’s Felix “xQc” Lengyel was suspended for four games (two weeks) and fined $2000 by the Overwatch League due to violating the Overwatch League Code of Conduct. This decision was made after Lengyel made a homophobic hate speech, insulting a Houston Outlaws…

At risk of sounding like the Grade-A music snob that I am, I haven’t listened to commercial radio in a really long time – not on purpose anyway. The most recent would be before I realised I could take control of the sound system at my work and was subjected to the repetition of the Hot Hits playlist on Spotify for hours on end (with ads every three or so songs.)…